Temperature Adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay

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Temperature Adjustment of UK Energy Statistics

Iain MacLeay

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Between 2009 and 2010 what happened to UK energy consumption ?

Did it

a. Rise by 3.9%

b. Rise by 2.9%

c. Remain broadly unchanged

d. Fall by 0.6%

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Annual average temperature (degrees Celsius)

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.0

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Deg

rees

cels

ius

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

-30,000 -20,000 -10,000 0 10,000 20,000

Tem

pera

ture

chan

ge

GWh change

Change in gas supply v temperature change

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Primary Energy Consumption 

 Million tonnes of oil equivalent

   

UnadjustedSeasonally and temperature adjusted (annual rates)

2009 211.1 212.6

2010 217.3 211.3

Per cent change +2.9 -0.6

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Statistical Model

Y = C * I * S * TD * E * tempWhere:Y = observed time seriesC = trend-cycleI = irregular componentS = seasonal factorTD = trading day effectE = Easter effecttemp = Temperature coefficient

Note: Model can be arithmetic rather than multiplicative Y = C + I + S + TD + E + temp; or a combination of the two.

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Temperature correction

Y / temp = C * I *S * TD * E

Assume no temperature, Easter or trading day effects then:

Y = C * I * S

And the seasonally and temperature adjusted series is

Y / S = C * I

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Two main statistical techniques used• Regression

– Easter– Trading days– Temperature effects

• Moving averages– Trend-cycle– Seasonal component

+ ARIMA modelling to help improve the calculation of the moving averages (extend time series by forecasting one year of additional data)

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

How do we currently adjust for temperature• Gas

– National Grid provide temperature adjusted series as well as the raw data for gas

– Adjustments are smaller in the summer months of July and August. Largest adjustments in fact appear in Spring and Autumn

– Does this seem sensible ?• Coal

– Adjusted by factor of 2.1. – If temperature is 2 degrees above “normal” then factor = (2 * 2.1)

= 4.2. Raw data is divided by 0.958 resulting in temperature adjustment increasing the series.

– Warm weather – use less energy – so temperature adjusted series should be higher

– Same adjustment used irrespective of season

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Temperature adjustment

Alternative methods1. Use same factors for each month – or specific

factors for each month2. Use monthly average temperatures (current

practice) or degree days (only use heating if daily temperature above/below threshold)

3. Growth in cooling – should this be adjusted for?Data• DECC receive data from the Met Office (17 stations

reporting daily max and min temperatures)

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Coal data

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Coal data

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Coal data

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Average monthly temperature

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Heating degree days

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Temperature adjustment factors

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

Final factors – using degree day methodology

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

2008 2009 2010

ktoe

Domestic gas consumption

Raw dataTemperature correctedSeasonally and temperature corrected

Temperature adjustment of UK Energy Statistics Iain MacLeay – May 2011

UK energy growth 2009 to 2010

Raw data Temperature corrected data

Primary energy consumption

+2.9% -0.6%

Final energy consumption

+3.9% +0.1%

Domestic gas consumption

+15.0% -0.4%

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